On the Convergence of the Escalator Boxcar Train

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  title={On the Convergence of the Escalator Boxcar Train},
  author={{\AA}ke Br{\"a}nnstr{\"o}m and Linus Carlsson and Daniel P. Simpson},
  journal={SIAM J. Numer. Anal.},
  year={2012},
  volume={51},
  pages={3213-3231},
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It is shown that the sequence of approximating solution measures generated by the EBT method converges weakly to the true solution measure under weak conditions on the growth rate, birth rate, and mortality rate.
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